The Redgate Read On Online Learning

Online education is booming — and is becoming increasingly accepted by employers, a survey by the research company Zogby International suggests.   The survey finds that 83% of CEOs and small-business owners who are familiar with online education (also called “distance learning”) believe that degrees received online are as credible as those earned on a college campus.

Did you know that: 

1.  Online courses are now offered by more than two-thirds of all U.S. colleges and universities. 

2.  Thirty five percent of schools offer programs that are entirely online.      

3.  About 20% of the USA’s 17 million college students say they have taken at least one online course.     

4.  Only 61% of the 1,547 CEO’s surveyed were familiar with online education.

  

This information, compiled in a 2007 Sloan Survey of Online Learning, shows that the acceptance of online degrees is making solid gains – but there are still hurdles to overcome both in academia and in the business world.      

A recent survey of marketing executives by Anderson Analytics indicated that “green marketing” is hot.  Even though “green marketing” or “going green” are  the buzzwords now on the top of the trendy lists, there is a realistic sense of environmental and social responsibility which we all must be cognizant of.  Now don’t get me wrong – I am by no means a proponent of those “green” extremists.  I do feel, however; a more sensible, balanced and centrist view regarding the environment would do all of us good. 

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